Silent Spring Revisited - Rachel Carson’s Fight for Nature
Sat, 09 Sept
|Evolution Theatre
An exciting creative team has worked collaboratively on this work - director Annie Ruth, composer Jan Bolton and lighting designer Helen Todd.
Time & Location
09 Sept 2023, 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli Street, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand
About the event
Rachel Carson has been in Jan Bolwell’s life since she was nine years old. Her conservationist grandmother introduced her to Carson’s book Silent Spring, that exposed the dangers of the chemical DDT. Jan revisits this book through adult eyes, as she plays Rachel Carson in her fight for nature. Audiences find out about Rachel’s struggle to bring an important environmental issue into the light. We also are challenged to consider current ecological and environmental issues in our own backyard.
THEATREVIEW : Jan Bolwell shows wit, fluency, precision and charm”
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